Citizen scientists have expanded Riverkeeper’s water quality sampling program, from New York City to Albany. Their work on local streams adds to the Hudson River water quality testing performed from Riverkeeper’s patrol boat. Laurie Seeman of Strawtown Art & Garden Studio, Rockland County, N.Y., explains how the program sparked the formation of the Sparkill Creek Watershed Alliance. See the sampling data: [...]

A new movement for clean water is taking hold in the Hudson Valley and NYC. Water sampling by Riverkeeper and community partners is generating data and driving change. This video describes the effort and includes an appearance by the Clean Water Baby. Learn more and join the effort: [...]

Introducing the Clean Water Baby. He wants to swim. But we still have a long way to go to clean up the Hudson River. A generation ago, the Clean Water Act set the goal of giving us water clean enough to swim in. We know what it will take to achieve this goal: Investments in clean water infrastructure and law enforcement. But don’t take our word for it. Hear it from the Clean Water Baby. Learn more: http://www.riverkeeper.org/cleanwater.. . Take action: [...]

Hundreds of students converge in West Virginia for their Spring Break to witness extreme energy extraction first hand and how it destroys the local communities. Learn about the dirty and dangerous life-cycles of coal, natural gas, and nuclear energy. Stand in solidarity with the communities in Virginia, West Virginia, SW Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky and Tennessee facing the ongoing destruction of mountaintop removal coal mining, hydraulic fracturing, and nuclear [...]

A small community was promised a recreational dream. Instead they got a toxic nightmare. Watch their battle against coal ash, a toxic waste that is polluting hundreds of similar communities across America. You can take action and tell the EPA to regulate this waste by clicking here –http://earthjustice.org/coalash The owner of the CoalAsh impoundment: https://www.firstenergycorp.com/content/fecorp/corporate/contact_us.html Twitter: @firstenergycorp Other Related Articles: http://www.post-gazette.com/news/environment/2014/04/04/Coal-ash-site-to-close-sooner/stories/201404040080 [...]

THE ENVIRONMENT TV WEEKLYNEWS August 11, 2014 Journalist: New York City John P. Duffy, Jr. ********** Charlotte Environmental Action Group “Duke Energy stop acting like Toddlers and Clean up Your Mess” Thanks to Antoine James of Charlotte Environmental Action – CEA Some Source Materials: John P. Duffy, Jr. Thanks to Herb White for permission to use his video footage of the protest at Duke Energy. Herb White’s footage can be found at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQfNP-t7ppHXLQ0zFCaDp-A/feed Catawba Riverkeeper: [...]